Collected here are three gnostic writings from Thomas, Mary, and John. These books that were left out of the New Testament shed light on the life and relationships of Jesus Christ and his friends and family, especially his mother Mary.[...]

A two-volume catalogue (1866-8) of influential wood engravings attributed to Thomas Bewick and his younger brother John.[...]

(Applause Books). The first complete collection of Dylan Thomas's screenplays offers a unique portrait of his life and times as a professional film writer.[...]

He grew up in the shadow of a comics legend, but he didn't stay there for long. John Romita Jr. may share a few things with his dad - an abiding loyalty for Marvel, an acumen for drawing some of the best Spidey panels to ever see print and a reputation as a master storyteller - but he's done it all [...]

Dramatically discovered in Egypt in 1945 after being lost for 1,600 years, the Gospel of Thomas forces a reassessment of both Jesus and his message. This accessible translation of the text allows readers to see a Jesus unadulterated by 2,000 years of myth and interpretation -- a strikingly different[...]

While synthesizing well-established commentators as diverse as Bultmann and Brown, Brodie expands Johannine studies in two directions. First, by drawing on the techniques of contemporary literary studies, he shows that John's Gospel, far from being poorly edited, is a carefully-wrought unity. Second[...]

This book re-examines scrupulously the writings and the life records of John Milton, in the context of a proper understanding of the recent developments in seventeenth-century historiography. Milton's thought has often been too simply described. The approach here is to interrogate more sceptically n[...]

Giving an insight into the principles of surgery, this book presents the developments in this field. It pays attention to muscles, tendons, bones, joints and breast, and includes the classification of cancer staging. It contains illustrations and photographs showing the subtle surgical signs and de[...]

One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison's inventions, which include the phonograph and the kinetoscope, an early precursor to the movie [...]

The riveting true story of Olympic wrestling gold medal-winning brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz and their fatal relationship with the eccentric John du Pont, heir to the du Pont dynasty
On January 26, 1996, Dave Schultz, Olympic gold medal winner and wrestling golden boy, was shot three [...]